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Karen leads the Product UX and Content teams for Proofpoint’s Security Awareness Division. Prior to Proofpoint, Karen was Head of Global Strategy and Innovation for McAfee’s Consumer Division leading the innovation product management, design and strategy teams. She was instrumental in launching a new 3-year strategy focused on moving the organization beyond antivirus to privacy and personal protection. Karen also drove the innovation teams to producing and delivering new performance enhancements in McAfee’ consumer products. Karen was also influential in managing McAfee Consumer’s M&A efforts resulting in the successful purchase of a 40M technology company to help accelerate the roadmap toward personal protection. Karen has also founded and led a number of start-ups in both Cybersecurity and Marketing and was VP of Operations for Thomson Learning the learning arm of Thomson Publishing (now CENGAGE). An active learner, Karen holds a number of degrees and designations. When not working or studying, she spends her time with her husband Claude, 2 children Gabrielle and Dominic and a very large furry 4-legged golden doodle.
Lisa Wallace is currently serving in the role of Regional Sales Director, supporting the Southeast, for Proofpoint. She has more than 20 years of experience as an Information Security Leader, Sales Consultant, and Privacy & Risk Management Professional. Lisa has served in sales and leadership positions within a variety of technology companies, ranging from small startups to the Fortune 1000. Her primary focus is on emerging technology issues and privacy concerns for organizations. Lisa enjoys developing people and programs, public speaking, and serving as a thought leader for security and privacy. Throughout her career, Lisa has served as a liaison between business and technical teams where she employed strategic and tactical insights to plan multiple steps ahead, oversee outcomes and ultimately provide the best solution to team members, customers, and partners, while combining key elements from the information security, privacy, and IT risk management fields. She is a team player with an open and direct style of communication who uses humor, listening skills, broad knowledge, and interests to create a pleasant and productive working environment.
Vaishnavi Chandrasekaran is the Director over the Cyber Intelligence and Threat Engineering framework at Elevance Health (formerly, Anthem, Inc.) overseeing threat intelligence, threat hunting, detection engineering, adversary simulation, and security automation teams. She joined Elevance Health in 2012 as a security intern, and has since served as a CSOC analyst, threat hunter, and more recently, as the Manager over Cyber Security Operations and Automations teams. Ms.Chandrasekaran holds a Masters degree in Computer Science from Purdue University, and a Bachelors degree in Computer Engineering from Anna University. She is currently pursuing a Masters degree in Management from University of Illinois, Urbana Champaigne. She is an avid reader, and has a passion for travel, hiking and board games.
Erika Carrara is a Native American, Army Veteran, Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer at Wabtec Corporation, a Fortune 300 company. Prior to joining Wabtec, her career started in physical security as a Military Police Officer then transitioned into the civilian sector in IT and network engineering roles before moving into information security. Her expertise extends across multiple sectors, industries, and leadership levels. In her current role, she is tasked with leadership, direction and delivery of global information security services and activities across more than 50 countries covering 300+ operating locations and over 28,000 employees. Erika actively works across all areas of the business, from the frontline to Board level, supporting business outcomes and strategic objectives, where she is committed to making security “actionable and understandable” at all levels. Erika is a firm believer that people are the solution to solving technology and business problems. With people-centric approach and emphasis on fundamentals, she pays homage to the company’s Pittsburgh roots by using a Steelers football fundamental approach to cybersecurity; it begins and ends with “blocking and tackling.” Bringing big results to the global manufacturing giant. Erika believes that communication is the single biggest component to how we can change the security industry today, creating “leaders at all levels”, and that each leader has the responsibility to bring forward ideas and solutions to existing challenges. The most effective security teams and transformation programs take the time to understand business needs and desired outcomes. The approaches taken must be innovative in finding ways to help solve business and technology problems, working collaboratively and without silos.
At Proofpoint, we embrace and foster the diversity of our team members, customers, and stakeholders. We believe that diversity, equity, and inclusion are a journey, and we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive company and society for our employees, customers, and partners. Women@Proofpoint is one of nine Proofpoint Employee Inclusion Groups (EIGs) and the group is focused on bringing opportunities in cyber to the forefront, encouraging women to pursue a career in the industry, and fostering a safe and respectful working environment where women feel empowered.
